PLS Programs
Through its seven major programs, Pisgah Legal Services provides one-on-one legal assistance to clients with urgent needs. PLS programs include (click heading for more information about each program):
- Children's Law Project (CLP): Helps disadvantaged children avoid homelessness, access essential services such as medical care and public education, and escape situations of abuse.
- Disability Assistance Project (DAP): Helps people with disabilities access medical care and subsistence income and live with dignity.
- Elder Law Project (ELP): Helps seniors live independently in their homes as long as possible. Protects seniors from financial or physical abuse or harassment. Assists with end-of-life planning.
- Health Education and Legal Support Project (HEALS): Helps patients at Mission Hospitals and the Mt. Area Health Education Center address socio-economic issues, such as domestic violence and housing, that impact their health.
- Homelessness Prevention Project (HPP): Prevents families and individuals from losing their homes to eviction or foreclosure. Secures decent, affordable, and stable housing.
- Justice For All Project (JFAP): Helps eligible immigrants comply with technical requirements to work legally and become citizens. Addresses other basic needs so that immigrants may lift themselves and their families out of poverty.
- Mountain Violence Prevention Project (MVPP): Helps families secure safety from domestic violence with various remedies through the courts and rebuild their lives.
Through the Mountain Area Volunteer Lawyers Program (MAVLP), PLS recruits, trains and coordinates a network of more than 250 volunteer lawyers to provide pro bono legal services to PLS clients. This network of volunteer lawyers helps PLS stretch its resources to meet the needs of thousands of people across Western North Carolina. Click here for more information about MAVLP.
